From the 2024 National FFA Convention- Kylee Falasco of Weatherford FFA has advanced as a finalist to be considered for one of the six national officers for the coming year
Here in Indianapolis- Falasco is one of 22 National Officer candidates still in the running to become a National Officer for 2024-2025, representing the state of Oklahoma, Falasco says that she found her reason to serve while she was a state officer. She said, “I want every student that I interact with to know that they are loved and seen and heard and that they all have a purpose.”
This mission stemmed from her own middle school insecurities about who she was and where she belonged. “FFA gave me the outlet to be a part of something bigger than myself and to get involved and find my purpose. My mission for running for National Office is to portray that. Whether I get elected to office or not, I still want to continue to make every person that I come in contact with feel so seen, and heard, and loved. I want to let everyone know that it’s okay to be so fiercely authentic, and it’s okay to be yourself. We were all created on purpose for a purpose.”
She said that she would represent Oklahoma FFA on the national level to agribusiness leaders by telling her story and how FFA changed her life by equipping her with skills for career success, premier leadership, and personal growth.
“The soft skills you gain through FFA and agricultural education are next to none,” she said. “Not a lot of people know how to shake somebody’s hand and look them in the eye, but I can guarantee you that FFA members do.”
Falasco and 36 other National officer Candidates interviewed this past weekend- and she has survived the first “cut” made in the national officer process that was announced Monday night in Indy. The process now continues after the first cut, until six final national FFA offices have been selected. Those six will be announced on Saturday afternoon, October 26th, during the last session of the convention in Indianapolis.
Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays talked with Kylee last month during a training session held at OSU in Stillwater- click on the listen bar below to hear that conversation.
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